MISCELLANEOUS
DRIED BEEF For 100 pounds of beef take the following ingredients: 6 gallons of water, 3 ounces of saltpetre, 3 pounds of sugar and 9 pounds of salt; mix well, then boil for a few minutes, and skim when boiling. After the mixture has been allowed to cool, put the beef in and leave 10 days, after which hang the beef up, and smoke it if preferred.
Sister I. B. Trout, Lanark, Ill.
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